Comments on: Have Bats, Will Travel

By: Greg G

Greg G — Tue, 12 May 2015 21:58:52 +0000

(10) Hamels is signed through 2018. The Yanks prospects might not be enough to swing the deal, but prospects are just that.

This team is designed as a win now team. They sure stand less of a chance next year with ARod, CC, Tex and Beltran each a year older.

I wish they had tried rebuilding last year or a few years ago maybe they could have fleeced the Dodgers instead of the Sox dumping all those crazy contracts.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Tue, 12 May 2015 20:50:47 +0000

[7] I also hope they don’t give up the farm on a high-priced, high risk rental who doesn’t intend to stay. I shake my head at the hack reports of Yanks trading several different farm players with potential for a pitcher like Cole Hamels or Johnny Cueto. Why do they insist that the Yanks still operate like George is going to come back and demand win-now-at-all-cost trades? Get over it or get a new profession.

By: GaryfromChevyChase

GaryfromChevyChase — Tue, 12 May 2015 20:49:30 +0000

Alex – thanks. Yopu’re right, it may not be irny, but it sure is funny!

BTW, just got tickets for the Yanks here in DC next Tuesday, so I’ll be able to see them live for the first time this year. Maybe I’ll add live blogs from onsite.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 12 May 2015 20:41:25 +0000

4) Irony is that most ballplayers–and I’m generalizing as well as casting stones, I know–aren’t the most tolerant, gay-friendly folks going. Maybe that’s not irony. But it’s funny to me.

By: Greg G

Greg G — Tue, 12 May 2015 19:35:09 +0000

(4) So true!

I like what they always say, “A win is a win.” It might be harder to come by wins in October and this team is probably over achieving.

Maybe Cash can go out and swing a deal for Cole Hamels based on their play in the first month?

CC was bound to win a game sooner or later, and I just hope the Yanks don’t get too hung up on his contract and keep running him out there if he continues to be ineffective. He used to be a horse, but he is pitching like the long man in the bullpen this year. That is a lot of cheese to pay for the long man, but if they really want to win?

By: Ara Just Fair

Ara Just Fair — Tue, 12 May 2015 17:11:53 +0000

My dad always referred to the Yankees as the “Spankees’ when I was a kid just to annoy me. The porn star look definitely fits the old man’s team better. lol…

By: GaryfromChevyChase

GaryfromChevyChase — Tue, 12 May 2015 16:31:50 +0000

(1) Spot on!
(4) Alex, and the irony is????

and HAPPY BIRTHDAY Yogi!

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 12 May 2015 15:40:00 +0000

Love the irony that they look like a group of gay strippers.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Tue, 12 May 2015 15:19:25 +0000

I just hope they don’t take it all he way to the Nouveau Williamsburg look, then I’ll stop watching again…

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Tue, 12 May 2015 15:15:00 +0000

I think it’s about time this team got some character in their look; I never liked the clean-shaven corporate office look to be honest. Too sterile and conformist. Now these look like guys you’d hang out with or stay away from, either way they look more interesting. And play more interestingly, too (not that one has anything to do with the other, but if you’re gonna look at someone, at least they oughtta be doing something).

By: Dimelo

Dimelo — Tue, 12 May 2015 15:08:34 +0000

So far this team has far exceeded my expectations. I expected a lot of what we saw last year, putrid offense, runners stranded, good pitching wasted, followed by untimely bad pitching, a average team that looked like it was about to turn into a losing team.

This team is doing so many things right, and I am pleasantly surprised.

My biggest beef is still seeing Stephen Drew on the team, but the winning and the ugly staches are helping me ignore the sight of him.